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 ''[[England]]&nbsp;[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Surrey]]''
-The following article is about probate records in the county of Surrey. For general information about English probate records, click [[England Probate Records|here]].<br>
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+== Getting Started  ==
-== Description  ==
+''Probate'' is the legal court process by which the estate of a deceased person is distributed to his or her heirs. This article is about probate records in the county of Sussex. For general information about English probate records, click [[England Probate Records|here]].<br>
-''Probate'' is the legal court process by which the estate of a deceased person is distributed to his or her heirs. The term ''probate'' refers to a collection of documents, including [[W genealogical glossary terms|wills]], [[A genealogical glossary terms|administrations]] (also called admons), [[I genealogical glossary terms|inventories]], and [[A genealogical glossary terms|act books]]. The Church of England ecclesiastical courts had authority for this process until to 1858. This article explains about probates and how to get started to search for a will.
+=== 1858 to the Present  ===
 Beginning in 1858, authority over probate matters was taken from ecclesiastical courts and put under the civil authority of the Principal Probate Registry. The '''Probates After 1857'''&nbsp;section below has a link to an article about probates after 1857.
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+=== Before 1858  ===
+Before 1858, Church of England ecclesiastical courts had authority for this process. To search for a pre-1858 probate record in Sussex, follow these steps;
-== Getting Started  ==
+Step 1. Search indexes
-Follow these steps to look for a probate record before 1858:<br>
+Discover when and where your ancestor died. If you don’t know, use the approximate date and place where they lived. <br>
-#Discover when and where your ancestor died. If you don’t know, use the approximate date and place where they lived. <br>
 #Go to the Court Jurisdictions section below.<br>
 #Click a letter or span of letters for your place. This opens an article showing a table of places and the courts that had jurisdiction over them.<br>
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 == Probate Indexes  ==
 Surrey administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1760-1781 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=711647&disp=Surrey+administrations+in+the+Prerogativ%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Commissary Court of Surrey, 1660-1751&nbsp;: index to the original wills at London Metropolitan Archives [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=684812&disp=Commissary+Court+of+Surrey%2C+1660%2D175%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Commissary Court of the Bishop of Winchester in the archdeaconry of Surrey&nbsp;: index to the original wills (collated with the act books and will registers) and original administration bonds, etc., also Peculiar Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Deanery of Croydon, index to the wills, 1752-1858 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=342310&disp=Commissary+Court+of+the+Bishop+of+Winche%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Peculiar Court (Arches, Croydon and Shoreham) Probate records, 1602-1841 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=299577&disp=Probate+records%2C+1602%2D1841%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Surrey administrations in the prerogative court of Canterbury 1782-1790 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=979402&disp=Surrey+administrations+in+the+prerogativ%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Index to Surrey wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1650-1700 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=615980&disp=Index+to+Surrey+wills+proved+in+the+Prer%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Surrey wills&nbsp;: Archdeaconry court, Herringman register [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=393553&disp=Surrey+wills%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Surrey wills&nbsp;: Archdeaconry court, Spage register [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=393691&disp=Surrey+wills%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Surrey wills (P. C. C.) 1600-1608 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=301293&disp=Surrey+wills+%28P%2E+C%2E+S%2E%29+1600%2%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Diocese of Winchester. Commissary Court. Wills, administrations, and act books, 1662-1858 (include indexes) [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=37156&disp=Wills%2C+administrations%2C+and+act+book%20%20&columns=*,0,0]<br>Diocese of London. Consistory Court Wills and administrations, 1362-1857 Index to registers, 1514-1641 FHL Film 94171 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=263013&disp=Wills+and+administrations%2C+1362%2D1857%20%20&columns=*,0,0]
 == Estate Duty Records<br> ==